Families and Communities
For definitions, see: http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/families-and-communities/definitions-and-background
Student Characteristics
State
Your district
Student eligibility for subsidized lunch
43%
12%
Students from Various Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds
9%
Students Receiving ESL/Bilingual Education Services
5%
< 1%
Students Receiving Special Education Services
16%
16%
Summary Paragraph(s) For each heading above, write a paragraph describing a key aspect of your district. Remember to begin with strong, insightful topic sentence, use quantitative evidence to support your thesis, and include comparisons when they are useful.
The town of Portsmouth looks to have good quality teachers. Teachers with Emergency Certification ("individuals who do not qualify for full state certification may be granted an emergency certificate to teach in the public schools, upon written request of the Superintendent of Schools, when fully certified applicants are not available") is the same for both state and town wide percentages (1%). In Portsmouth, there are zero percent not highly qualified teachers, while for Rhode Island, the percentage is 3%. A "Not Highly Qualified Teacher" must "1) have a Bachelor’s Degree, 2) hold full state certification and 3) demonstrate subject matter competency in the core academic subject(s) by having a major or its equivalent or by passing a rigorous content knowledge test."
One unique statistic however, is that the teacher to student ratio is the same for Portsmouth and the state, each teacher is assigned to eleven students.
The families and communities in Portsmouth seem to be well off and not very diverse. The student eligibility for subsidized lunch in Portsmouth is 12 % while in Rhode Island it is 43%. There are only 9% of students from various racial or ethnic backgrounds. Less than one percent of students are receiving ESL Education Services, while 5% are receiving it as a state. However, 16% of students in Portsmouth are receiving Special Education Services, which is the same percentage for the state.
When relating the percents of students who are proficient in the NECAP Assessment, Portsmouth is well above average in every category. In the elementary level, third grade math for the district was 85%, while the sate average was 62%. In middle school, proficiency was displayed continuously throughout as well. Eighth grade reading was 90% while the state was only 74%. The community also showed that it excelled in high school also with 52% proficiency in eleventh grade science, while the state average was only 20%. Overall, Portsmouth was above that state average in proficiency on the NECAP assessments in every category.
State and District Data Collection
Students • Teaching • Families
Use the InfoWorks Live website at http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/ to collect the necessary data to describe your school district.
Student Achievement
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NECAP
Teaching
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Teachers
Families and Communities
For definitions, see: http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/families-and-communities/definitions-and-background
Summary Paragraph(s)
For each heading above, write a paragraph describing a key aspect of your district. Remember to begin with strong, insightful topic sentence, use quantitative evidence to support your thesis, and include comparisons when they are useful.
The town of Portsmouth looks to have good quality teachers. Teachers with Emergency Certification ("individuals who do not qualify for full state certification may be granted an emergency certificate to teach in the public schools, upon written request of the Superintendent of Schools, when fully certified applicants are not available") is the same for both state and town wide percentages (1%). In Portsmouth, there are zero percent not highly qualified teachers, while for Rhode Island, the percentage is 3%. A "Not Highly Qualified Teacher" must "1) have a Bachelor’s Degree, 2) hold full state certification and 3) demonstrate subject matter competency in the core academic subject(s) by having a major or its equivalent or by passing a rigorous content knowledge test."
One unique statistic however, is that the teacher to student ratio is the same for Portsmouth and the state, each teacher is assigned to eleven students.
The families and communities in Portsmouth seem to be well off and not very diverse. The student eligibility for subsidized lunch in Portsmouth is 12 % while in Rhode Island it is 43%. There are only 9% of students from various racial or ethnic backgrounds. Less than one percent of students are receiving ESL Education Services, while 5% are receiving it as a state. However, 16% of students in Portsmouth are receiving Special Education Services, which is the same percentage for the state.
When relating the percents of students who are proficient in the NECAP Assessment, Portsmouth is well above average in every category. In the elementary level, third grade math for the district was 85%, while the sate average was 62%. In middle school, proficiency was displayed continuously throughout as well. Eighth grade reading was 90% while the state was only 74%. The community also showed that it excelled in high school also with 52% proficiency in eleventh grade science, while the state average was only 20%. Overall, Portsmouth was above that state average in proficiency on the NECAP assessments in every category.